Fuel security is the greatest challenge to continuing New England power system reliability

Another factor in this economic equation is that states like Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island are providing subsidies to encourage renewable energy production. According to van Welie, that means that those clean energy projects will be able to “participate in the [energy] markets at artificially low prices,” giving them an advantage over fossil fuel and nuclear plants.

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Comment by arthur qwenk on February 28, 2018 at 4:32pm

Sandra, being you are from Mass. and your state is creating much harm, cost and damage to Maine via misplaced and ideologically driven $Green ideology , I suggest you encourage real dense fuel sources such as natural gas pipelines , hydro and (Lord Say), nuclear as a solution. Might I also suggest you help your state legislators  and resident wind shysters too secede from the union ;conserve all you wish, perhaps find a nice cave somewhere near Amherst (in the turbine free Berkshires , for now) to reside. Conservation does work, but you appear to be functioning in another universe .

North Korea exists and has Boston targeted; we need our military to be superior to all and dense fuels for the foreseeable future to power modernity for the masses.

Comment by Deborah Andrew on February 28, 2018 at 2:30pm

It is my belief that, should all of the subsidies be redirected toward conservation, retrofitting every building/home, legislation that requires 50 mpg or more for all vehicles, and other conservation measures (close all overseas military bases and replace with jobs related to conservation?) while at the same time exploring alternative approaches to creating livable and sustainable communities (regenerative agriculture, re-localization, etc) are directions we might wisely be discussing, exploring and encouraging our legislators to join in.

Comment by arthur qwenk on February 28, 2018 at 1:47pm

Dan McKay.....EXACTLY on TARGET.

Joe Mainer has to wake up!

Comment by Dan McKay on February 28, 2018 at 1:36pm

The dimly lit government chooses their favorites and the grown-up system operators choose to keep the lights on and the light keepers pay and pay.

 

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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT

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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law

Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future

"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."

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